Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reassured friends and countered critics in a comprehensive and confident interview published last night by Bloomberg. He said President Trump’s speech in Mississippi on 3 October in which he said Saudi Arabia might…
What Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Bloomberg (in 1,400 words)
The US and Canada President Trump’s statement in Mississippi in which he said Saudi Arabia might not last two weeks without US military support was inaccurate but his speech would not undermine Saudi relations with the US. Canada’s criticism of…
Trump needs Saudi Arabia more than it needs him
It tells you something when an American president talks openly about his unsuccessful attempts to persuade another country to do what he wishes. But that’s what happened yesterday during President Trump’s unscripted speech to supporters in Mississippi. Trump referred to…
Has Saudi Arabia dumped Trump?
President Trump with King Salman during his visit to Riyadh in May 2017 Confounding some forecasts, the Opec-non-Opec market monitoring meeting in Algeria yesterday made no recommendation for output to be lifted to offset a new price surge and suggestions…
Moscow, oil and the Middle East game of nations 2018
Russia backs Iran and Syria but is doing deals with Israel and Saudi Arabia Oil is the key in critical Middle East developments this May. After meeting Syria’s President Asad in Sochi on 17 May, Russian President Putin said that…
Trump’s Jerusalem statement is due to growing US energy independence, top energy department official says
Dan Brouillette. Credit: Washington Examiner Deputy US energy secretary Dan Brouillette has said in an interview published yesterday that President Trump’s announcement that the US will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is evidence that policies designed to reduce dependence on…